IT Services & Payments Analyst Katri, along with the former head of Mobile at Venmo, Chris Maddern, discuss monetization strategies in payments at an Advisor Luncheon being held in Boston on February 19 hosted by Wedbush.

IT Services & Payments Analyst Katri, along with the former head of Mobile at Venmo, Chris Maddern, discuss monetization strategies in payments at an Advisor Luncheon being held in Boston on February 19 hosted by Wedbush.

In an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher via Tweets, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter (TWTR) and Square (SQ), said that most of Twitter's system today works reactively to someone reporting harmful behavior. "If they don't report, we don't see it," Dorsey said. "Doesn't scale. Hence the need to focus on proactive."

In an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher via Tweets, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter (TWTR) and Square (SQ), said that, in response to a question on how to stop abuse on Twitter from getting too far in the first place, the company can try within the product and policy to "lower probability." Dorsey added that he's trying to figure how to put physical safety above all else, and that he doesn't have "all the answers just yet."

In an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher via Tweets, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter (TWTR) and Square (SQ), said that abuse on Twitter happens most "likely within replies," which is why the company has been "more aggressive about proactively downranking behind interstitials, for example." In addition, Dorsey discussed the importance of physical safety off platform. "Doxxing is a good example which threatens physical safety," he tweeted. "So does coordinate harassment campaigns."

In an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher via Tweets, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter (TWTR) and Square (SQ), said that he is looking at ways to "proactively enforce and promote health" on Twitter so that "reporting/blocking is a last resort." "Problem we're trying to solve is taking that work away," Dorsey said.

In an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher via Tweets, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter (TWTR) and Square (SQ), said it is important to recognize that "we have to be proactive in enforcement and promotion of healthy conversation" on social media. "This is our first priority in #health," he told Swisher. "We have to change a lot of the fundamentals of product to fix."

In an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher via Tweets, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter (TWTR) and Square (SQ), said that the tech industry is "prioritizing by impact now," adding he believes the number one thing we should focus on is someone's physical safety. On the topic of how he would grade himself and Silicon Valley as a whole when it comes to tech responsibility, Dorsey said he would give himself a "C," and that while there has been progress, it "has been scattered and not felt enough." "Changing the experience hasn't been meaningful enough. And we've put most of the burden on the victims of abuse (that's a huge fail)," Dorsey said.

IT Services & Payments Analyst Katri, along with the former head of Mobile at Venmo, Chris Maddern, discuss monetization strategies in payments at an Advisor Luncheon being held in Boston on February 19 hosted by Wedbush.

Nomura Instinet says download gap for Square Cash App over Venmo rises to record. Nomura Instinet analyst Dan Dolev said his payments app tracker shows that the gap between downloads for Square's (SQ) Cash App and PayPal's (PYPL) Venmo grew to 4.2M in January, hitting an all-time high. He noted that Square's Cash App has 45.3M cumulative downloads, topping 41.2M for Venmo. The analyst, who expects the current revenue of $3 per user to continue to expand and estimates that the Cash App could contribute nearly $100M in adjusted revenue for Square by 2020, keeps a Buy rating and $110 price target on Square.